As most of you know, I'm a huge DJ fan, and I'd be pretty livid if he wasn't in our long term plans. I guess we'll have to wait and see what they do with him, but when they demoted him and pushed him he came out in relief duty and had a quiet 2 tackle, 1 tfl, and 1 70 yard interception return.

I am hoping this is just a motivational tool, as our LB corp is pretty thin, and he is by far our best defender.

It's amazing though with all of our cuts that nobody is getting picked up by other teams. That's usually a telling sign that your talent isn't much. I didn't realize how thin the roster was when Pioli took over. Hopefully some guys step up this year to help speed up the rebuilding process.

One of Pioli's greatest strengths is his ability to know when a guy is done or useless. You don't see too many guys that were cut from New England making a big impact elsewhere in the league. They know when to let go of guys.

As far as DJ goes...he hasn't earned the job. The most important thing to Pioli and Haley is that at the very least, the players on the field don't make mistakes. Making plays is secondary to playing mistake-free football. Be in position and do your job. This is important because as long as guys are doing their job, coaches can make adjustments to their gameplan and play-calling.

As long as the players can minimize mistakes, they'll make games about schemes and play-calling rather than players v. players. This is the style of football the Chiefs are going to be playing from here on out. Once you get used to it and understand what's going on, things will be great (from a fan perspective).

my scent?...like making love to a lumberjack
<TACKLE> i will ngata give you a bj raji
<+BOE> Scott, with Burfict's character concerns (whether legit or not) you think Pioli would draft him. :D
<+ScottWright> Why not. Baldwin does need a sparring partner...

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Originally Posted by Hermstheman83

What's with the hate on Ricky Stanzi? Those youtube clips of him with the hulk hogan theme music instantly make him better than Luck.

One of Pioli's greatest strengths is his ability to know when a guy is done or useless. You don't see too many guys that were cut from New England making a big impact elsewhere in the league. They know when to let go of guys.

As far as DJ goes...he hasn't earned the job. The most important thing to Pioli and Haley is that at the very least, the players on the field don't make mistakes. Making plays is secondary to playing mistake-free football. Be in position and do your job. This is important because as long as guys are doing their job, coaches can make adjustments to their gameplan and play-calling.

As long as the players can minimize mistakes, they'll make games about schemes and play-calling rather than players v. players. This is the style of football the Chiefs are going to be playing from here on out. Once you get used to it and understand what's going on, things will be great (from a fan perspective).

You are out of your mind if you think Demorrio Williams earned a starting job. He was given it to try to motivate DJ. The guy can't tackle, is never in the right position, doesn't seem like he knows what he's doing in coverage and is probably the weakest part of our "starting" LB corp. Tamba Hali is a better all around LB right now and he's new to the position.

DJ has looked good in limited action thus far, but I'm wary. Not only is Williams starting in front of him as a motivational ploy, but he is in a contract year. I don't think I would give him a long term deal at this point in time, maybe give him a one year deal.

DJ has looked good in limited action thus far, but I'm wary. Not only is Williams starting in front of him as a motivational ploy, but he is in a contract year. I don't think I would give him a long term deal at this point in time, maybe give him a one year deal.

I belive the coaching staff is doing a good thing with DJ. They are putting him on passing downs only and letting him play to his strengths which is what you always hear the New England does. So far it seems to be working well. The "contract year" is hard to determine also because if we go to an uncapped year which is looking more and more likely we will have DJ under control for the next two seasons.